Today is a great day to email your friends to encourage them to vote, and show your support for Jill Stein. My email might include the following points.

If you vote against your own principles, that would be the best definition of a wasted vote. Please support Jill Stein. Unlike the mainstream candidates, Jill Stein has supported great causes, such as; the Keystone XL pipeline blockade and the Chicago Teacher's strike. Not only does she support these causes, but she also participated in their actions. Why didn't the other candidates do this? She was often arrested with the other street activists. She has opposed the austerity agenda, which threatens all of us, but especially working people and the poor.

For over a year, leading climate and environmental organizations have complained about the lack of attention paid to climate change by President Obama and Governor Romney. Unlike the other candidates, Jill Stein has consistently pointed out that Hurricane Sandy is an example of why we need to set aside fossil fuels and address climate change. Her Green New Deal would avert any economic loss that might occur from transitioning from fossil fuels to a green economy. Jill Stein cares about our future and the future of our children.

Please consider sending an email to your friends, and feel free to use these points. You can learn more about Jill Stein and the Green Party at her excellent website.

This one is really egregious. It looks like the our government is classifying whistleblowing as "Communicating With the Enemy" -- since (just like the rest of us) "the enemy" can access releases by whistleblowers once they've been made public. It's an offense that carries the death penalty.

Click here to tell Obama and Defense Secretary Panetta to reverse this outrageous legal interpretation -- No death penalty for whistleblowers!

A US air force systems analyst who expressed support for WikiLeaks and accused leaker Bradley Manning triggered a formal military investigation last year to determine whether she herself had leaked any documents to the group....

The investigation was ultimately closed when they could find no evidence of unauthorized leaking, but what makes these documents noteworthy is the possible crime cited by military officials as the one they were investigating: namely, "Communicating With the Enemy", under Article 104 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

He continues:

It seems clear that the US military now deems any leaks of classified information to constitute the capital offense of "aiding the enemy" or "communicating with the enemy" even if no information is passed directly to the "enemy" and there is no intent to aid or communicate with them.

Merely informing the public about classified government activities now constitutes this capital crime because it "indirectly" informs the enemy.

Just click here to email Obama, Panetta, and your lawmakers: No death penalty for whistleblowers!

If this year's presidential election comes down to the electoral votes in Ohio, the deciding votes could be cast on electronic voting machines manufactured by a company - Hart Intercivic - with deep financial ties to the Romney family.

Hart Intercivic is majority owned by H.I.G. Capital which controls two of the five seats on the Hart Intercivic board. An investment fund with deep ties to the Romney family and the Mitt Romney for president campaign, H.I.G. Capital was founded by Tony Tamer, a major bundler for the Romney campaign, and it is one of the largest partners of Solamere Capital, an investment fund founded by Tagg Romney and Spencer Zwick, Mitt Romney's chief fundraiser from the 2008 presidential campaign. This makes the Romney family part owner of the voting machine company, through it's interest in H.I.G. Capital.

A 2007 study conducted by Ohio's Secretary of State showed that Hart Intercivic's touch screen voting machines could be easily corrupted.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has become the 33rd protester arrested at the Keystone blockade in Texas when she brought supplies to treesitters who have spent two months trying to block construction of the pipeline. Stein connected Hurricane Sandy with climate change and criticized both Obama and Romney as "pipeline politicians."

Walmart Stores Inc. - notorious for years for trampling the basic rights of American workers - has become the focus of a historic strike by its store workers.

In an unprecedented move, recently Walmart workers went on strike across the country, informing Walmart management that the strikes will spread throughout November if Walmart doesn't listen to their demands.

While Rob Walton - Walmart's chairman of the board - raked in at least $420 million in Walmart dividends alone last year, low pay and arbitrary scheduling force many of Walmart's workers to rely on public assistance to make ends meet.

Maryland has a de facto moratorium on fracking, but it could be lifted anytime. Meanwhile, the industry is signing gas leases and state regulators are reviewing permit applications. Maryland won't be safe until it has a permanent ban on this toxic practice.

And while the company's CEO makes $8.5 million each year, many of the company's employees are paid just $2.13 per hour, forcing them to live on the tips you voluntarily pay them at the end of your meal.

Workers cannot sustain a safe, decent standard of living in our communities at $2.13 per hour. We stand up against this economic injustice today.